1777, at once entering upon active service in America under General Burgoyne. In 1796 he became Lieutenant-Colonel of the 9th Foot. He was in Holland with the Duke of York in 1798, and with Sir James Pulteney in 1800, and afterwards he was sent out to join Sir Ralph Abercromby. Lord Cathcart placed him upon his Staff at Dublin as Assistant Adjutant-General in 1805, but in 1807 he resolved to sail with his regiment to Holland to serve in the Allied Army as Brigadier. The transport was wrecked on the French coast, near Calais, and he, with the staff officers, was sent a prisoner to Verdun. Great interest was made to have him exchanged, and with apparent success, Colonel Lefevre Desmouettes being released by our Government on that understanding; but Napoleon refused to sign Colonel De Bernière’s release. During his imprisonment he was bereaved of his only son. The entry of the allied armies into Nancy (in 1813), where Major-Gentral De Bernière (for he had been promoted) then was, seemed to assure him of liberty, but at that very time he died. An illness, not apparently alarming, proved fatal through the want of medical aid, the surgeons being overworked by attendance upon wounded and dying soldiers from Moscow.
The General was married to Miss Longley, sister of Charles Thomas, Archbishop of Canterbury from 1862 to 1868. His only surviving child, Francoise Charlotte Josephine, was married to the Rev. Newton Smart, Prebendary of Salisbury and Rector of Withesham. Their son, a military officer, is the male representative of the De Bernières.
Garrick—
| Captain Peter Garrick, of the old Buffs (Kirk’s regiment, married Arabella, daughter of Rev. Mr. Clough of Lichfield, born 1685, died 1737. | ||||||||
| Peter. | David, The famous Actor, (born 1716, died 1779).[1] |
George, married Catherine, daughter of Nathan Carrington. Esq. of Acton. | ||||||
| Rev. Carrington Garrick. | David Garrick, Esq. (born 1754, died 1795), married Emma Hart. |
Arabella Garrick, wife of Capt. Fred. Bridges Schaw. | ||||||
| Philip of Twickenham. | Emma Garrick, unmarried. (Mrs. Garrick re-married with Evan Protheroe, Esq.) |
William Garrick Bridges Schaw, married Emma Hart Protheroe, daughter of Mrs. Protheroe, (formerly Garrick), and assumed the name of Protheroe. | ||||||
| Christopher Philip Garrick. | ||||||||
The famous Garrick’s brother, George, had a third son, Lieutenant Nathan Garrick (born 1755, died 1788), who married Martha, daughter of Sir Egcrton Leigh, Bart., and left an only child, Nathan Egerton Garrick, born in 1781.
The above Captain Peter Garrick was a refugee infant, son of David Garric, also a refugee. By the courteous permission of George E. Cokayne, Esq., Norroy King-of-Arms, I have copied the following document which is preserved at the Heralds’ College in Putman’s Collection, 63, p. 410:—
PEDIGREE OF THE GARRICK FAMILY.
Translated from a French document written by David Garrick’s grandfather, David Garric.
The 5th October 1685. — I, Garric, arrived at London, having come from Bourdeaux His name
was David.the 31st August of the same year, running away from the persecution of our Holy Religion. I passed to Xaintonge, Poitou, and Brittany. I embarked at St. Malo for Guernsey, where I remained for the space of a month, leaving thing [sic], even my wife and a little boy four months old, David’s
Father.called Peter Garric, who was then out at nurse at the Bastide, near Bourdeaux.
The 5th Decr. 1685. — God gave me my wife at London, English stile; The Master
of the Bark
is called
Peter Cock
of Guernsey.she embarked from Bourdeaux the 19th Nov., from whence she saved herself the Fourth, and in a Bark of 14 ton, being hid in a hole, and was a month upon sea with strong tempests, and at great peril of being lost and taken by our persecutors, who were very inveterate. Pray God convert them.
- ↑ David Garrick died on Wednesday, 20th January 1779. His Will was dated 24th September 1778; at his death he owned estates at Hampton-on-the-Thames and Hendon; also Drury Lane Theatre and dwelling-houses in London, and £50,000 in cash. His widow née Eva Maria Violette died on 16th October 1822, aged ninety-nine.
